Resources

An interactive worksheet outlining the most critical competencies, skills, and experiences that enable a School Operations Leader to thrive in the role. This document can be used to guide a school's selection process for a new hire.

Drawing on experiences at many Fortune 500 companies, authors Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, and James Noel show how organizations can develop leadership at every level by identifying future leaders, assessing their corporate confidence, planning their development, and measuring their results.

Companies across the economic spectrum are making use of teams. Jon R. Katzenbach explores how teams function across different companies and addresses the myths that hamper team performance.

An excerpt from Margaret Wheatley's book "Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future." She proposes that in order to work together to create positive change, we need to be willing to have our beliefs and ideas challenged by others.

This article by Ronald Heifetz, Alexander Grashow, and Marty Linksy examines and describes the necessary skills for leadership during a time of crisis.

An article by Jennifer A. Chatman and Sandra Eunyoung Cha on how to manage organizational culture.

This paper describes a yearlong professional development grant whose purpose was to change the perceived role of the principal from the "booking agent" to the "CEO-Chief Educational Officer," the instructional leader who facilitates, leads and participates in professional development for his/her school with the goal of improving student academics.

This booklet outlines some of the questions and important information principals need to lead a strong To and Through College strategy in their schools.

Why we're focused on finding the right college match for our students: too many first-generation students "undermatch," or choose less selective schools with lower graduation rates than they could likely get into.

Craig Robinson, our National Director of KIPP Through College (KTC), explains how KTC counselors strike a balance between the "head" and the "heart" and help students find the right college match.